Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), aka “bird flu”, has been circulating across Europe and Asia at a pretty steady pace this winter with wild birds believed to be spreading the disease. France has culled over +700,000 birds in the past 45-days, mostly commercial ducks and concentrated in the southwest. Meanwhile, the outbreak in Asia is …

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This is a heartfelt message from a farmer who had to make an important choice in his life: to continue seeking the next buzz or to actually take hold of life and be the best man he can be for his family and friends. This was passed on to me from a subscriber and I …

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NASA researchers back in the 1960s had this idea that it was possible to convert the carbon dioxide exhaled by astronauts into a physical protein that they could eat. NASA dropped the idea but the work was uncovered decades later by physicist Lisa Dyson, who has turned the research into an alternative meat company, Air …

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I found this story somewhat interesting and wanted to pass it along. In 1962, the Arlinda farm in Northern California purchased a milk cow from Nebraska named “Beauty.” The manager bought the cow because she produced a lot of milk, but she was also pregnant. Her calf, they named “Chief” and he was quite special.  The …

How One Bull Passed On A Deadly Gene to 14% of U.S. Dairy Cows Read More »

It is increasingly difficult to discover and commercialize new synthetic active ingredients due to rising development costs, late-stage failures and challenging regulatory hurdles. On top of that, existing solutions continually face pesticide resistance issues. A company called “Vestaron” is embracing the power of peptides, starting with a class of compounds that kills insect pests efficiently, …

INTERESTING… Safe, Effective and Sustainable Crop Protection with Biological Peptides Read More »

Emily is one of our good friends and considered one of the absolute best in the business. If you have any money invested in agriculture this is a must-listen. As usual, Emily delivers and provides some very interesting insight. I am truly blessed to know so many smart people and happy that I can share. …

KVT, Andy Daniels, and Special Guest Emily French Talk About the Markets and the Future of Agriculture! Read More »

AgFunder put together a list of the agrifoodtech companies that raised the most venture capital funding this year. As they note in their report, Covid-19 made it a difficult year for many but agrifoodtech still attracted a substantial amount of investment as both new pain points and opportunities emerged. For example, “E-commerce and restaurant tech …

Highest-Funded Agrifoodtech Startups of 2020 Read More »

Brazil continues to build out its infrastructure to accommodate the country’s massive grain trade with a particular focus on maximizing their share of China’s equally massive import market. The key to this plan is one that seems very simple on paper – more paved roadways connecting to the country’s northern ports. Turning that plan into …

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Corn is one of the most heated political debates in Mexico, home of the ancient grain that has become the king of grain in the U.S. Corn in America became the country’s most prolific crop thanks largely to farmers embracing genetically modified (GM) varieties that deliver far better yields. By contrast, Mexican farmers have struggled …

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Corn Board Manufacturing has ambitious plans to buy as much as 50 million pounds of corn stover from farmers every year which the Texas-based company will use to make eco-friendly shipping pallets. The company claims its CornBoard is lighter and performs just as well, if not better than traditional wood pallets and they plan to …

Turning Corn into Wood Products!!! Read More »